03-30-2026 Governance and Ethics Committee Meeting - Mar 30, 2026
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Santa Clara Boards and Commissions
2h 36m
5 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 3 days ago
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What is the purpose of the Governance and Ethics Committee meeting?
Start recording?
Yes, it's recording.
Okay, very good. All right, I would like to call to order this meeting of the Governance and Ethics Committee for Monday, March 30th, 2026 at 10.02 a.m. We have meeting instructions for the public that may be attending. This meeting will be recorded. The Zoom application will notify you that this meeting is being recorded. Please press continue on the Zoom application to stay in the meeting. Use the raise your hand feature in Zoom when you would like to speak on an item. Please unmute when called to speak and mute yourself when you are done speaking. Please lower your hand when you're finished speaking. If you're calling in by phone, identify yourself by name before speaking on an item. Press star nine on your phone to raise and lower your hand.
Press star six by phone to mute and unmute. Okay. We have...
I'm confused. Usually minutes are on consent, but they're not on consent. So we don't have anything on consent. So we will then move to public presentations. Are there any members of the public roll call? Sorry. Would you like to call the roll?
Let me do a roll call real quick. Chair Jane.
Here.
Member Chahal. Present. Member Park. Here. Thank you.
Good morning, honorable leads. Hello, everyone. Thank you for all the support. And this is regarding one of my request as a city member in area of environment preservation, or endangered species preservation. And I'm looking to know if there are any bodies functioning within the city were exempt from complying with the United States or California laws or the branches. to add the context that to me as a resident, all the endangered species guidelines or laws must be complied upon by every body. And I tried to explore a bit further and it is not known to me if there is a process or if there is a comprehensive process. And that was something I wish to bring to the attention of the least. and if there can be any guidance, like the stakeholder, that we all as authorities or the city members can work together to enhance the process.
I wish to bring it further to the government and committee meeting, that if there is a way possible.
Okay. We do have NEPA and CEQA, and I think you can talk to someone in the city manager's office or in the attorney's office about exemptions to CEQA. We have categorical exemptions and mitigated NEGDEC. Maybe they can explain that to you.
I tried to pursue in that regard, and I want probably some of those exemptions to be implemented. Okay, thank
you. Any other member of the public wish to speak on an item that's not on the agenda? Okay. All right, we're going to move on to general business, which is approval of the minutes for the January 16th Special Governance and Ethics Committee.
Is there a motion? Chair Jane, I actually have a hand that just got raised online.
Okay, sure.
So we have Adam online. Adam, if you could unmute yourself. Hello, council and committee. How are you? Can you hear me?
Yes, we can.
Hi, I'm just calling in about to discuss the O30 process and some of the issues that we've recently seen and faced with getting an item put on the agenda. And then subsequently, the mayor... on the subsequent next meeting without taking up the original request for the first one made by Noah, a community member three weeks ago. And so I'm just wondering why we've made it so difficult for community members to bring up issues that may or may not be want to be discussed by either the city council or city staff, because there seems to be a lot of gatekeeping. I know some people that there was a, but we shouldn't be losing democracy to voice concerns and issues within the city in a timely manner. It shouldn't take three meetings.
with the approval of city staff or the city council. So about three weeks ago, a community member came to the council meeting, requested that we discuss the RFP process for the downtown. The council meeting went long, I believe until two or three in the morning, that item was not discussed and subsequently was not put on a future agenda. Then there was a written petition that was submitted.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is the purpose of the Governance and Ethics Committee meeting?
2:20–19:36
2
How does the committee handle public presentations and roll call?
19:36–39:58
3
What concerns were raised about the O30 process and exemptions?
39:58–59:50
4
How does the committee plan the 2026 priority‑setting session?
59:50–1:19:10
5
What are the proposed methods for gathering community input (surveys vs. workshops)?
1:19:10–1:38:02
6
How does the committee address meeting format options (retreat vs. dais session)?
1:38:02–1:57:06
7
What voting and ranking systems are being considered for council priorities?
1:57:06–2:15:49
8
What next steps were agreed on for work plans, special meetings, and referrals?
2:15:49–2:36:23
Speakers
5 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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